“This signifies the culmination of 30 years of engineering and construction efforts to modernize the navigation facilities on the lower Monongahela River,” Fritz said. “In addition to providing ...

About 50,000 barges moved through the 23 locks and dams in the Pittsburgh region in 2024, carrying 140 million tons of commodities. On a bright afternoon at the Elizabeth Riverfront Park, a ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District opened a 100-foot-wide navigation channel for commercial vessels through the center of the dam at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 near ...

(KDKA) -- We've heard complaints from people along the Monongahela River saying ... "Once this dam is removed, navigation has 30 miles of open river – and that produces about 200 million dollars ...

The fish reef construction is part of the Lower Monongahela River project, which was launched in 1994 with the goal to modernize locks 2, 3 and 4 in Braddock, Elizabeth and Charleroi, respectively, ...

For decades, David Shallenberger has called part of the Monongahela River in Bunola his second ... the dam's removal to support commercial navigation, which will allow towboats to pass through ...

Locks and Dams 2, 3 and 4 on the Monongahela River in Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties are the three oldest currently-operating navigation facilities on the Monongahela River.